The Sun. — London, England, 1826-08-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It has never been our lot to hear of any system, under which such heartless rapacity and cruelty were pampeied by a course of such disgraceful fraud as the present code of English Corn Laws, upheld in their prohibitory rigour by that expedient called the system of averages. The barefaced boldness with which frauds therein are resorted to, that commercial capital may stagnate, the .poor be starved, and the landlords gorged, we can illustrate by a single occurrence. On .the. L'ith instant, when the ave rages were struck for the six weeks ending on that day, the declared average price of Oats was 265. 6d.,----just 6d. under the importing price, liked by Act of Parliament at 275. This 'point being settled, the holders of oats are se cure against importation until November next. Now mark, nn the Monday following, only six days after the average had beea struck at 265. 6d., .up goes the price to a, point far above the minimum affixed for importation : the lowest price of oats was •on that day 29i.---2s. over the Parliament level; and the average about 335. (l.)-5s. 6d. beyond it. At yesterday's market there was a further advance, which, we do not mean to dispute, may have been occasioned partly by the growing evidence of a defi dent crop but had the market not been garbled, and the prices 'unfairly packed on the 15th, it is very certain that foreign oats must, ere now, have been admitted, and the iinpoitations from abroad, been operating to empty the Warehouses of our manufacturers—to employ the idle,,and to relieve the destitute.poor. The truth is, that Ministers ought, ere now, to have acted on the power vested in them by Act of Parliament, and to have permitted the in troduction of part • at least of the 500,000 quarters which were lately left - to their discretion. They need not fear any future consequences of a responsibility so honestly and humanely exercised. Every poor man in the kingdom will bless them for it, and every wise and - upright man among the classes which do not suffer privation. The demand for one manufactures may be thus revived, since every qoarterof foreign grain imported must be paid for in them; and the increased price of corn, and consequent rise of wages thereby gradually produced upon the continent, would still further serve the British manufacturer - amidst the general competition.—Times. Understanding that a clumsy attempt has been made in a Sunday paper (no doubt much interested in divert ing the public attention from th e r eal f ac t s connecte d w i t h a late rencontre) to distort the circumstances that occurred at Cowes, we think it right to assert., -in the most . . posi , tive terms, the correctness of our former statement.—Had it been . . (as absurdly alleged) an ex-parte or erroneous at count, no doubt Captain Gordon would have felt it his duty to his principal to set the public right, and would have called . upon Colonel Anson to join ••• him in rectifying any false or malicious statement.--Mid. Nothing can show more clearly to what a state of bru tal debasement men can be reduced by the practices of ft dishonest cupidity, than the scenes constantly exhibited at the scheme and bubble meetings. When looking through the reports of those meetings we can hardly believe that tbq ptesent us with the, language and manners of the in habitants of a civilized country. The ferocity of disap pointed gamblers is proverbial, and certainly there is quite enough of 'that displayed by the mortified, but not repentant, crew that surround the hazard-table of joint stock speculation. Every thing rapacious, mean, shuf fling, boisterous, and vindietiVe that the "hells" exhibit quring the nocturnal orgies of their infatuated votaries ap rar, in as full relief, in most, of the " bubble" assemblies, as in the dens where Mammon is worshipped with the mu sic of the dice-box. Men who once desert the course of regular and kniest industry, to embark in fraudulent en tarprises, and fill their pockets by the credulity of Man kind, become very savage when checked in their immoral purpose. • By the habit of deceiving others, they at length deceive theMselves, and look upon the unlawfid gains which they anticipated as property to which they are as Much entitled as if they had given value for it. The con sequence is, that when their intended prey is rescued from their gripe, or when men whom they luni conspired to plunder adopt better advice, and cease to be their dupes, they storm and rage as if t h eir estates bad been confiscated, far their estates are founded on the folly of mankind. How have characters of this sort passed in revie w b e f ore us during the last tw o years! What a combination of base ness and arroganc&--of vehement pretension, and con temptible perfOrmance have they not exhibited ? We know not whether to he more astonished at their meanness or impudence; or to feel more disgust for their shallow ar tifices or licentious principles. Such persons have brought great disgrace upon this country of late. They.have done all that lay in their power to banish fair dealing from corn mereial• transactions,,and to drive all honourable sentiments from among mankind. They have not hesitated to carry their •objects by various modes of treachery and violence; but , the disgraceful. era of s their career is approaching its termination. The exposure of time bubble system will sweep away this swarm of human locwits from the land where they have endeavoured to consume " every green thing."—Morning Herald. There are in the agricultural and manufacturing districts two main causes for the present apparent excess of popu lation ; in the one, the mischievous system of throwing small farms into large ones, and leaving the peasantry for the most part without any occupation of their own ; and in the other, the introduction of machinery; where mecha nism now performs that in which handicraft was hitherto employed. The document relative to- this subject deserves the fullest consideration. .The Committee, as the ground. work of its proceeding*, takes the excess of population for granted ; which indeed, ivithout a total change of system, such as, for the' present, at least, cannot be contem plated, may probably he admitted to he the case. It is' proposed that youth, under a certain age, sent out, should be bound apprenticei for a certain :'tune---say four years; In reference to this part of the subject, we' cannot but remind our readers, that dining the list spring a consi• derable agitation was excited by a supposed threat held out by Sortie parith Officers of sending away a youth in their workhouse to Canada, This, if we remember rightly,. was at the time flatly and strenuously denied by the persona to whtim it was imputed. But what turns mit to have been the real fact, from the evidence ap. pended to this report ? " I hive in my hands," says Mr. Clairtibers, the Police Magistrate, in his evidence before the Committee, " a communication from the Directors of the parish of Matylebone, who any, that they, highly ap prove of the plan of sending children t o C ana d a; that they have now i n th e i r workouse 56 boys and 25 girls, from the age of 12 to 25,.and a great number wider that age, .whom they will be just as touch at a 101 is to provide for as they are for the 'others." Now, after this, can any one doubt that the report alluded to was true, and that the eontradiction'of it was false? It is equally too, we should think, a matter of astonishment, that in a parish, the population of which is said to have reached 100,000, the proportion of such children 'should he 'SO very small, as that so,much fuss should he Made about them, lf this be tie extent of the evil in Nfirlyieh olie , we eat) only say that the interest of the'money spent in erecting the Neiv Court House would, amply provide for them all :Y r , year. in his evidence Mr. Chambers also, states thataf the St. Giles's parish there are 50 boys and 27 1 g i 2 r 0 L5 0d ...... same ages; and in St. Luke's, '2,6 boys end the . metr° - Now if, in three of the, prim; t polis, only 200 such aProultArha ft riltlly it t"► at least no i % proof of any overw h e l m i ng incres-"'of inference, I►hinter; but it s a pr oo f, as far as it,goes, are .6cnetiolea attempted. to btelladtravAevrnY fonts very freant Materialc—fla has for some which distress Among the different quarter L to which the attention of some time prev a iled, thel'e t _", ‘ .nore particularly direeted, Newspaper Writers oughi t" a asset's among a body of men, as t he dmtregti - in" that case, iers nor literatUre could be without Whom neither new1 . 1 : 1 „h o are so inseparably con diaseminated—a class 'I nrL t. - Wiedge, that the prosperity fleeted with the diftuailo of ~, n o es - timated by observin oniteratur e may be mo re just y whatever.; their ga t i m i ' ort t h at , by any other criterion t bodes little good to the cause of knowledge that the im 'mediatCkstift!ttt*'Wh.O-eer-ve to propagate it are now suf fering .under a more than proportionate share of the cala .mity which has'overwhelmed so many occupations, not at all connected with - the march of intellect. We .are dis posed to give all due consideration to the case of manufac turers in silk and cottoir—to those whose business it is to Assisi in clothing the body : but we confess the labours of 'the printer appear to us of far more importance in society. The printer is superior indignity to the manufaCturer of .stuffs, in as much as the mind is,,soperior . to the body. It is true his employment is mechanical—but, without the 'mechanical operation- which he performs, the influence of' mind and genius would be very circumscribed ; and it is seldom that a comp os it or d oe S no t catc h someting of that intelligence which is continually passing through his hands. If such a class of Men are withotit employment, it affords a bad prospect for science and literature—it shows either that the mind of man is blighted and unfruitful, or that :there is no market for its productions. If printers are without employment, authors cannot be in a very flourish. ing condition ; and, it becomes the British public to come .forward to the assistance of both. It would be impossi ble, it is said, to give even a faint outline of the distress which at present prevails in the Printing Business. Every week brings a fresh number of claimants on the charitable, funds at the disposal of the Committee. It is supposed 'that about SOO are at present receiving relief in the Metro polis.--British Press. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the undermentioned shipS were thus timed, viz The Atlas, for St. Helena, Bombay, and China; and the Bridgewater, and Lowther Castle, for Bombay and China, be afloat 14th November, 1826, sail to Gravesend 29th, stay there thirty days, and be in the Downs 4th January, 1827; the Repulse, Duke of York, and Here fordshire, for Bengal and China, be afloat 29th Novem ber, 1826, sail to Gravesend 14th December, stay there thirty days, and be in the Downs lath January, 1827; the Vansittart, Buckinghamshire, and Sealeby Castle, for Bengal:. and China, be afloat 14th December, 1826, sail to Gravesend 28th, stay there thirty days, and be in the Downs 3d Feb. 1827; the Inglis and Charles Grant, fin• Bengal and China; the Windsor and Hythe for Bombay and China; and the Farquarson for St. Helena, Penang, Singapore, and China, be afloat 28th, December, 1826, sail to Gravesend 12th January, 1827, stay there thirty days, and be in the Downs 17th February ; the Bombay, General Kyd, and Waterloo, for Madras and China, be afloat .12th January, 1827, sail to Gravesend 26th, stay there thirty days, and be in the Downs 3d March. The new ship building in the room of the Kent, and the Kel lie Castle, for China direct, will be 'afloat 25th February, 1827; sail to Gravesend 13th March, stay there thirty days, and be in the Downs 18th April. • ' MAHOMET'S PARADISE.—.That Mahomet ex elude; women from hie Paradise, is one of the stupid falsehood. that have been fastened on him by his enemies ; for he reiterates the declaration, that " whoso worketli good, whether male or fe male, shall enter Paradise," (Koran, xiti. 25, xviii. 92, xxxviii• 52.) where the same glories are distinctly . promised to both. And lest there should he any doubt whether the wives of the bitlievers are to keep theni tlempany, he expresely describes the faithful as entering the gimlet) of Eden " with their fathers, their wives, and their children ;" where, in another place, he eayrt , " they and their wives shall recline in shady groves." But the Eden ofMil ton is not more chaste, and is infinitely less reserved, than that of the Arabian ; and no contrast can be stronger than between his imagery and that of the Hebrew poetry which he might have taken for his model. In his description of the women of Paradise there is nothing to excite a voluptuous idea. They are said to be virginti, like the virgin daughter of Bethuel ; and, like the other 1 believers, they are restored 'to the prime of yout,hfel beauty, in which mankind may he supposed to have come from the hands of the Creator. But they have neither necks like towers of ivory, nor mouths that cause the lips of those that are asleep to speak, nor bosoms like clusters of the vine, nor breasts like two young roes that ere twins feeding among lilies, nor thejoints of their thigtui like jewels the work of the hands of a conning workman. They neither invite their pararlisaic partner to kiss them with the kisses of hie mouth, nor to lie like a bundle of myrrh all night between their breasts, nor ni turn and be till daybreak' like a young hart among the mountains of spices, nor to get him to the moun tain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense till the shadows flee away, nor to take • a thousand current: coins' from his vineyard while the keeper of the fruit claims two hundred in return, nor tempt him to the fields under the promise of there giving him their bosoms to his joy. These are the luxuries of other creeds, the figures which the nationi of Europa think fitted to excite re ligious hopes and pious expeetationa! The spouses of the Arabian teachers sit with dark eyes cast down in thei.r huebands' presence, like pearls concealing themselves. within their shells; and even the patriarchal polygamy seems forgotten, as something tplerable on earth but not gond enough for heaven. The beatified pairs re cline by the never-failing waters of 'Eden, surrounded by the harmless luxuries which constitute derneetio comfort or splendour in the East; and if they , sometimes fill their cup with a richer draught, it is described `au innocent and harmless, with no power to disturb the intellect or disorder the mind. Their convene is unearthly and pure, and tinged with the delightful consciousness of souls escaped from earth and safe in heaven— ' ". No vain discourse there heard; nor,thought of sin, " But .this one word---Peace, peace."—,../Coran. Such are' literally the words of the much-ebirsed Arabian ; but still the Koran must he licentious, and all the figures of European theologians severe, and blameless, and divine ! To judge froin the outcry, it might he supposed that a whole hook of the Koran had been devoted to the exhibition of voluptuous delight. And because woman, pure and innocent and downcast, is found seated in the second Paradise by her htishand's side, comes this sacerdotal hubbub, and Intinkleh delicacy is up in arms in defence of the purity of heaven ! And this; too,' from believers who avowedly cherish the fervour of their own devotion with descriptions, which, whatever inay be their antitypea in heaven, present on earth the most accomplished display, of amorous joyancu the world can boast of. Westtniftter Review. One of the most barefaced et:Forts to " run " a mall cargo of spirits, took place in the afternoon of Thursday se'imight, at Herne Bay, accompanied with circumstances as remit kable as the glaring manner in whi C h the attempt was made. A boat was observed in the offing making. very rapidly for' the shore ; ,, it e s v_, ap pearance, as may be expected, excited the attention of the I i c . h the tive man on duty at the time, but berme he "41 ni non the spot whence the men intended to debark, the men 4att:lnadows. boat, and each taking a couple .of casks, bolted a c , the spot, An alarm being instantly given, several men rushed.dropping . 1..0 , and the smugglers were under the necessity of p t ad tor as hrb:igijlt. triad s to secure themselves from apprehension. scrap of emerald as ever parted till t l: ~" f, e ,l '°. :,b i't ib,.. l t n s r r i t l s'e . , kept scent, and traced the " w*FCW°.„"mpanions, e demanded where after waiting the arrival of n:t t t i , „ staked the landlady. entrance. " Where's your NV11%.,t, : let me in directly, or, " Flith,why do yen ax ?" . re p lied 'hat," However, " locks, bolts,' and his " todther uses," thaeti: ye as were despatched to a Magistrate, owpheinieed„,h ac ea co n r :; /1 i i i ! t Y r, et ~ , , , ,, , ,, ..° ,r , ....,mi ,t h. ttoe ty,t h a) o ret wi: i : n .: l4y r, tly, the door la'ryulphlyarnah'"n:temye;tilnektinfioin;n7brilti,stit en te l ;l ce te ar n y od to dle n o b f ta tl i r n e p a ur w si a ter r_ rant ; '- g P re r a es t en coat, bawling, ilia appearance if D I , when'? , . , An 7rt' and he was allowed, without giving exeited n, O „ (1 • lu t „ ( ' mos A few minutes elapsed, when , out the ecd".:7ofiu'ulitn;,:teOilog. personage. Still Paddy's . suspicions, stalk rf , A third then' showed himself ; 'hainted in the were not /tome , , r-b o f s gentlermaa coachman ; a s i n th e preceeding instsoces, um was allowed, nr.e.gress. All this time the emeraider was apluttering about, and boasting of his " capther," when up came his assistants, who had been to obtain a warrant; and the consta ble demanding admittance, was instantly taken in t but while this w as being about, a fourth man escaped front a beck window: and safely retreated. Immediately Pat entered, he identified a person in sailor's attire, nor did threat or assertion penmade him, to the contrary, anti he was taken into custody! the up-stairii rooms were now carefully examined without success, when Pat "emelt a rat," that the men he was` in search of were the identierd ones who 'pulled him in disguise. The Man in custody war then taken to,the watch-fnmae, And turned out to he a coachman in A gentle man's family at the Bay, who, rommiserating the smuggler's situ, ation, &at:bang e d dress with him. Ile was detained till morning and then allowed to depart, when it was ascertained he really was nn smuggler. The boat was seised, The trick canoed great mer riment in the neight?puthwid i to the : chagrin of the. Preventive men, who waxed exceeding wrath at the turn the affair had token,. —Kentish Gazette.. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE—Bow Bem.s.-;--in conseqUence of the fall of a stone from the steeple of Bow Churchon - - the top of a :neighbouring house, which it completely perforated, the cele brated belle, whose sound confere.the title of." Cockney" to thou sands of the rising generation, ,have been for a few days.silent, as: it was thought that the stone, had been ejected from its place by ,the strength of the vibration. Yesterday, as Mr.. Hicks, the Councilman, entered the Jus tice Room, the Lord Mayor addressed him, and expressed a hope that Bow Bells weir not to he for ever silent. Mr. Hicks did not consider that there was any reason for the extreme alarm which had been excited on the subject. They were certainly stopped for the present, but he hoped, as soon as the repairs were completed, they would again gladden the hearts of his fellow-citizens. He paid considerable attention to steeples, and he believed that Bow Church steeple was one of the best in the city. It was now under the consideration of their able archi tect, and of another gentleman of high eminence, to re-hang the belle in such a manner as would prevent their operating inju riously to the steeple. .The LORD MAYOR exhorted Mr. Hicks, as one of the repre sentatives of the parish, not to be afraid to ring the bells, what ever any architect, however able or ingenious, might say upon the subject. The snore able these gentlemen were, the greater was the ingenuity that they often - displayed in detecting danger in edifices which had stood well, and mould continue to stand well for years. G UILDHALL. —Elena Griffiths, a workman in the employ of Mr. Edmunds, glass-cutter, Fetter-lane, appeared voluntarily be fore Mr. Alderman Warrens AN yesterday, to undergo examine tion relative to a Dublin-made pinchbeck watch, with a gold chain,' triangular gold seal and key, which had disappeared in an extraor dinary manner from the chambers of Edward Keane, Esq., No. 2, Inner Temple-lane. Mr. Keane stated, that at eight e'cloek on Saturday morning, after looking at the time by his watch, which was conspicuously placed on a stand under a looking-glass, he left his sitting-room and went up stairs to an attic to breakfast. When be had nearly finished hie meal, his boy came up to inform bins that the de fendant had called for 195., due to his master; he went . down and paid him in about five minutes, and in the interim the di fendant had been left in She passage to the sitting-room, the door of which was open, and no person therein. In a few minutes he m i sse d his watch, and after making inquiries of his laundress and the boy, he sent the latter after the defendant, as no other stranger had been in the chambers. The boy reached Mr. Edmund/es be fore Griffiths, and after waiting nearly a quarter of an hour, he arranged with the clerk that the man should not be' told of the suspicion against bins when he did come in, but that Mr. 'Keane himself should come with an officer to question him. In return ing to the Temple, the boy met the defendant near the top of Fetter-lane, going towards his employer's ; but upon Mr. Keane 's arrival there he found the clerk, in spite of the arrangement with the boy, had sent Griffiths nut again, having told him of the watch being lost, and ordered him to go to Mr. Keane's to an iwer for• himself. Mr. Keane awaited his return. To search him then was useless, hut he was asked to account for his delay )n reaching his master 'e house after he left the Temple. Griffiths showed embarrassment, equivocated, hut said he was conversing all the time at the end of Fetter-lane with one Jones of Croydon• A letter had been sent to discover this Jones, but no answer had been received, and he therefore presumed no such person could be found. The boy and the laundress were examined, to show that no stranger but Griffiths came to the chambers that morning ; but they admitted the possibility that a person intent on robbing the chambers might have entered the sitting room undetected. Mr. Keane then wished the Alderman to question Griffiths par ticularly, as to the person with whom he conversed, the precise spot, time, &c. Mr; Alderman WAITHMAN--NO, Sir; I cannot do , that. You as a lawyer, would hardly wish me to do any thing contrary to the ordinary mode of conducting examinations. Mr. Keane said certainty he did not. Mr. Alderman WAITIVCAN then told the defendant, that he had no right to call upon him to give any account of his conduct; hut if he were innocent, he had no doubt he would be anxious to give every explanation. Griffiths said he was innocent; he had not shrunk from meet ing the charge in the beginning; he was here voluntarily now, and would attend upon any future occasion. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN said, the evidence certainly did not fix the crime upon him now ; and Mr. Keane might apprehend him hereafter, if he discovered any conclusive fact. • He would be discharged now, and if he was innocent it was most unfortunate that the suspicions of him were so strong. The case wee accordingly dismissed. summons— l. BTOheWcomplainantglt O r a I t n s F w . V et th. beinget vh desired s er r t e ci f ollobfrryt! FAalitrtOWnaiaalartna:Oaiffin4:Creast7in6athtrheeelsairnstotai sitting Magistrate, to state the nature of his charge, th said, that his me mory was not sufficiently collected for had a written is p t i r s a rp te ose 4 jebctittedthtaot the statement thereof. The Mag istrate complainant read a laborious of st2t'emeonsetnted ; whereupon the reading of it as unusual, but final! his .i occu pying =cheat of foolscap , which entirely "se' en ire y Sundayamounted to this — that he had engaged the waterman hims elf tlsa the ewnadter4rnitfnri,enin s f o o for a n fe h . t . v .d, tt o s d i n t e m o r n, himself the ; and last to row pertinent and o indecent i,iolstl n f k o an od ne i r ri i e n m srk ai in id g i s o irs a r t a t l e l m eil p - t fo io r remarks on g the discourse to indulge in the necessities of nature in their presence, gcr, 'fhe waterman, in reply, said, that the real canoe of the gentle m's complaint was, that he would not let the complainant row, and he himself (the waterman) a gentleman looking no. However, the Magistrate thought otherwise, end fined the Wa terman in the penalty of twenty shillings and 'coats, or in default thereof, to be sent to prison for seven days. Tut LON HON Bates COMA N —Lord Moincraosto and Sir IlscHann BIRNIE having taken their *eats on the Bench, a tradesman whose name was not announced, applied to Sir Richard for a summons for Mr. Webb, the resident Director of the London Brick Company, to show cause why the sum of 71. 16a. should not he paid for goods furnished by the complainant for the use of the said company. • Sir Ricsiaan—l know nothing about that company, nor can I interfere; to whom have you given the goods? Applicrint—To Mr. Daniels, their secretary, whom I canno t find ; and when I apply to any .of the company, they tell me that they are only servants, they have a large field at Peckham, where there is a great number of brick-makers; and a lawyer ; when I go there they send me to the lawyer, *a he laughs at me ; so that I can snake nothing of them. Sir llicsiaan.----AS there is . a peat number of brickmakers and a lawyer I shall have nothing to do with them ; bricks. are handy weapons, hut why don't you seize on their property ? A pplicant.—Will you authorize me to tight them, Sir Richard ? —(Much laughter.) Si r A l en a ar ,.—No, indeed:4.ply' province is to prevent fight ing. You had better apply to a lawyer, for I can give you no assistance. M ARLBOROUGII-STREET.—" Bu r A BkOP)l."—Eliza be Kitty - Hilo lman, Eleanor Hoffinan, and Mar gatrh fl°4ffin etia,HaZo t n, four Flemish girls, who perpetually, annoy the town at this seitann with the cry of—“ Buy a broom," ware brought before Mr. azza, by Turner, the beadle of St. George's, for' begging. Fagan, of the Mendicity Society, said that these were the per sons about whom he applied on Tuesday to Mr. Conant. Turner, the.,beadle, said"That.these girls walked four abreast through Hill-street, Berkeley-square, that morning, without their hrtionia,.and annoyed the passenger's.. Fagan said that they had fta, in copper about them, and that they slept at Whitechapel. Mr. DYER itiquited if they understood English. Elizabeth Hoffman said she could speak a little—none of the others could. 111 t. Dvzi told her if they were found beggiog about the streets again they should be sent to gaol. He did not wish to commit the poor creatures, as he believed they were4gnorAnt of its being an offence. Elisabeth Hoffman promised for herself and her iompanione not to offend again. Mr. DinEit asked what became of their brooms ? Hoffman 'said they were all wild, but that they expeettel some sticks a little time to make more. Mr. DS arc said thattieTotiitto go , home, as they had no employment here. Holtman said that they expeeted to go home in about three or four weeki. Mr. rhea discharged them on their promise of not begging again. Kuvristitss or A 14A0Lit..--.Elizabeth Pincany, a child, aged 10 years, was last night lwought before Mr. CONANT by Buck land, the beadle, who stated that he found her, lying in Regent-atreft, in most deplorable state, at four o'clock in the afternoon. She had hardly clothes enough , to rover her, and Wail afflicted with vermin to, a'rnoat dreadful, degree. She told that her grandmoth e r, w ho lived near s o i nera t o wn, lied tamed her out of doors about four mouths ogo, and that she had elopt,in brick-fields, end satiated by beggiv ever .in„. bad had her, hair cut, and had earefullyyreuslied her et his house i and he considered it would be an act of great clarity to commit her for fourteen days to the House of Correction; where she would have the benefit of warm baths and clean linen. Mr. Cow Arr commended his humanity, and .remarked on the dreadful effects of so young a child being cast, in a state of destitution, on the town. He thought it a case of great cruelty in her grandmother, and saying that he should send her for ten days, he ordered Buckland to make inquires about the grand mother, and, if possible, bring her before him. The child seemed perfectly unconscious of what was passing, but regarded Buckland with art affection that reflected great credit on his kindness. MARYLEBONE.—A man about 30 years of age, wretched in appearance, and evidently labouring under impaired intellects, yesterday came into this Office, and addressed the Magistrates in the following language Gentlemen, I beg your advice under circumstances the most distressing ; I am a poor man, and wish to get my bread in an honest manner, but 1 cannot get employ. 'lf I could, I need not be as I am. Mr. BROUGHTON—Where are you living, and how have you been employing yourself ? I can't say, said the applicant, lam living any were ; I have no home, nor can I get any work. I last lived with Mr. Bache lor, at the White Hart, in Windmill-street, as waiter or pot-boy. The power that oppresses me is immense—it follows me every where, and `not only designs to ruin my character, but aims at the destruction of my life. What I complain of is, of a number of gentlemen, who appear to b# agents ; they follow me about, go where I may, but for what purpose I cannot guess, but that they do follow me there can be no doubt. Mr. Bitoucrrox,44ow have you lately been employed ? On leaving Mr. Batchelor, said the complainant, I was em. ployed by Mr. Faulkner, an artist, of Hatton-garden, to go of errands, and carry out pictures. I was:originally tt servant, but am now glad to do any jobs I can get. Mr. BROUGHTON....4IIIve you any father or mother, or a friend 'who will interest limself in your behalf? • My father - and itiotheil, 'said the applicant, are both dead. I have mentioned the circumstance to Mr. Bachelor; but he calls me a Madman, if I speak to him of the power that pursues me ; and when I told him that I would come here and commit you, he said you would not listen .to me; hut would turn me from your doors with contempt. I said I was sure you would not—and I hope you will not. Mr. BaotrouToN—lndeed, good man, we will not treat you with contempt, but will assist you-if we.can. Then, said the poor fellow, if you will do that, you will dis cover one of the greatest systems of villainy that was ever prac tised. It is so great.that every one who passes the door must ob serve it. It Islay be seen by 'your officers in passing by, and 1 wish them to protect me against it. My master, Mr. Faulkner, has given me leave to sleep in his chambers, for I have no bed of my own, but I cannot, for the power is still after me, and will not let me rest. Mr. BROUGHTON. --Ate you a married man?—.Yes, he replied, I have a wife and two children. My wife is now living with her father, on Tower-hill, and the children are with her. I do not feel satisfied with my wife, and till her conduct bas been investi gated, I shall never be easy. Mr. BROUOHTON—I recommend you to go home to your wife and children, and make yourself Comfortable with them ; and when it is known that any power follows you, you shall have the 'assistance of our. officers. The poor man, after pausing a minute, 'aid 1 im very thankful for your advice, but I think a poor man should have the conduct of his wife looked into, as well as he who is rich. He then bowed and left the room. QUEEN SQUARE.—Yesterday, a Miss Harriet Wilson, a young woman of about nineteen years °lege, was brought up for final examination, on charges of robbing a number of children, boys and girls, of property belonging to their parents. Elizabeth Johnson, a girl about nine years of age, being ques tioned.hy Mr. Gregory, as to the nature of an oath, stated, that on Saturday week, about five o'clock in the afternoon, she was sent by her mother with a mug of tea and some bread and butter to her uncle, who was at work in the neighbourhood.—The pri. soner came . up to her after she had proceeded a short distance, and requested lief to go of a " little errand." Wilnesa hesitated at first, but afterwards was induced to go by the prisoner, who made a promise of something, and said it would not take her long to go to the pear and apple shop,, in Little Chapel-street, where she was to ask for " Mr., Wilson, and get a bundle for Charlotte Wade." The prisoner on sending witness, told her to leave the mug, &c. in her possession until she returned, and on her return she bad decamped. Ann Mason saw the prisoner take the property from Elizabeth Johnson., Wm. Jude, a little boy, stated that the priso n er robbed him on Friday week while he was taking some oil skin eases for soldier.' ca p s to Mr. Bryant's, in Dartm outh - street. ianson, confirmed the Mrs. Johnson , the mother of Elizab e th testimony of her daughter. al other charges were ready to be made against the pri hsat:Sererd:evvrb'3l: (11"1:irte. attl;ll7 o rny i t •dingiF r c i: En t in it i l it tan ed t i , nw ah he i nit th inh e eit p t a his r ia t gd ie h s ael l i L le u a n d d y lveT t r :N ite l I)rNiinieAr prosecut e.v l7. 7A day or ton back, a man named 'hinner was brought before R. J. CHAMBERS, Esq., by , a watchman, charged with cruelty towards his wif e . The poor woman's face was .dreadfully bruised, and her right arm was dislocated. After some reluctance, she admitted having received thok4 injuries froM her husband. The watchman who gave the prisoner in charge, stated, that he had been several times called in to quell a disturbance between the prisoner and his wife, and in every case the latter was moat severely beaten. Mr. CHAIKBERN—What do you mean, Skinner, by thus *hue. ing a woman whom you ought to protect and cherish ? Pris Oner—l am tired of living , with her, and would fain be separated. " 1 Mr. Ctiospinta..-1 shall make you put in bail for this offence. The woman now said, that she was realty apprehenaive of her life; hut as she had a little prOperty of her own; she should be gladly separated 'from a man' who had so repeatedly treated her with great barbarity. The prisoner, after some few remarks respecting his wife, was taken away in the custody of the gaoler, and she was sent to the hospitel . hy o r d er o f the Alagistrate, to h ave h er arm examined: Yesterday she appeared with her arm in a sling, accompanied by two dirty looking men, requesting that her husband might be liberated, and offering the two indiOiduali as bail. Mr. SwAßr',, before whom thi present application was made, inquired what war the nature of the assault ? One of the men, said that it w as mere ly a common assault. Mr. liarn a by tim clerk, ' remarked, that 'it was a very serious one, and detailed the facts as above related, which, when Mr. Swabey heard, he said that the parties must apply to Mr. Cham bers, ,as he would not enterta i n t h e application. The proposed bail then withdrew. A youth named Elcoch, who it seems is a drover, was on Tues day charged by two Bow -street patrol; with cruelly . setting a dog on a poor lamb, which he was driving, and causing the dog to tear the lamb's nose in a dreadful manner. . As the patrol were passing. along Blackfriars-road, on Monday afternoon, the prisoner, who was driving four lambs, one of which attempted to leave its companions, instantly set a sayso -19 ," 36111 1 dog he had with him on the lamb that was running away, wnetl'` was seized by the nose, and most cruelly hit. On the prioone t r y be l i t n n g_ desired to, show his number by the patrol, , witli a moning him, he was insolent, and actually struck one l'oie f iv ,th,4_,T,: phinanta. A crowd presently assembled, and it was evil" 'mu" The prisoner', master derable difficulty that.the prisoner was secured., eteble4ooking colonred statement of the transaction, And w a giessed part of the woman who was passing along the road so , dividital, it was cen t affair. From the statement of the latter toward , the innocent clear that the, prisoner had acted with crue lty animal which he was driving. r to ra y 205., and in de- Mr. CH A Hp , : iti ordered the prior!' Id be conlmitted. h e won called in a witness, who evidently gave a fault of payment, told him that he His master offered to pay d a f t in thosen t he cinn, sixth oiv fbtull. file year ,,sdegip o ,: f lower than what he had already ino rni'7_, a , taken away in the The prisoner, not paying tile ne) "' The Magistrate said that custody of, the gstdar* t Barna' , the owner of' a florae and cart, I (Ilisen"i%evnoti.l_dniot mitigate the penalty i ng him with,conveying *niggled goods, A few days ago , Re n i n t n r . wa g ed against him by a Cuatorn-house hi, present MojeatY. %, — ,lnw cause why the horse and cart should a l d l a :: i ca lling'. i . e . I : I , i I:::giCag:'3l.-e111:::::: nd e large n b b r O i dXg similar e u . not be forfeited. . appeared to an inforins e l ty a i t a Custom-house officer, stated th a t u ht was an Act Pa4 th se e t4 k i l o s at " n ' ' tier end4nt driving a eart, and sus t . • pa- - „ cs . the . • , August, he frd goa d s , De questioned him as to the contents of officer, under the authority one o f '''.- ') the coast of Prance 'to this . 'lli de- are brought from box did ' ' • - e nt alleged that the "mt.") eggs, and that he expect finds , i a , Frenchman to meet lim.on the bridge to take it away. Th e expect ed not crediting the story, especially after waiting hi vain a hart time for the tirenehman'a appe a t a „,, , took t awny lie hors e and cart, with the contents, lo 'the Custom•-house. • On searching t h e box it was found to c ontain:l,BoB ells of foreign silk, '4B ells of velvet, with a variety of silk handkerchiefs, the whole' propertr arnoluitint in value to no less' a sum - than 5081. Those artiqUit had not paid duty, and were consequently detained at theenitaks; bowie. After the defendant had pleaded to tke information and' ofrerel what he could in defence, his horse and cart were declared tccliave been properly seized and forfeited, under the authority of the.Acis of Parliament above cited. THAMES POLICE. —Jean Hurst, Captain of the schooner Hill. appeared to answer a sunmions, founded on an information . of Thomas Simpsey, to show cause why be did, on the 2d of July last, refuse to receive on board his vessel John Pentin, a licensed pilot, contrary to the 58th section of the Act of 6th Geo. IV. cap. 125. The solicitor of the Trinity-house attended to support the itn. formation. He addressed the Bench, and . said, that under the 77th section of the act, he claimed that the defendant might be convicted in a penalty double the amount of wh. Itt the pilot's lersi fees were, provided he should be able to prove his H. ti" called— James Pekin, who stated, that on the 2 d of July .'e.tes he law the schooner Hill going down the river under sail. Sh'ew ae ro ceeding on her voyage. He went on board, and askedlit'u' u rn e7 he was going to. He said to Hamburgh, and was lade u merchandise. He offered to take him down the river. His reply was, that he was competent to navigate his own ship. He at the same time had an unlearned pilot on board. MT. BALLANTINE asked him what he did when the Captain. refused to permit him to pilot the vessel ? The Pilot said, he immediately came on shore, and 'in doing so, he took her depth, which was about si feet, and his fees 'On piloting .her would have been 71. 10.. Mr. BALLANTINE said, he should be glad to hear any defence that could he made for the defendant. • The owners of the vessel appeared, and stated that they relied on the 59th section of the act, whereby it empowers all British' vessels having a British register to trade inwards and outwards without a pilot, provided they are constant traders from .the port* between Boulogne, inclusive, and the Baltic, whilst within the limits of the ports to which they belong. After much discuteriony and on referring to the several clauses of the act, Mr. BALLANTINE was of opinion, that while trading inwards the act tpplied, but outwards, as it was the case in the present instance, it precluded them from the benefit of that clause under which they sought reiief—namely, the 59th section. • The Solicitor for the Trinity-House, stated that he took the opinions of the Attorney-General and Mr. Sergeant Bounciest' upon the question, and he should just trouble the bench with read their opinions to the following query :—" Whether vessels bts , longing to the port of London fall within the exemption given by the 59th section of the- 6th -of George IV., whilst they are within the limits of that port ?" " We are of opinion that vessels belonging to the port of Lon don are excluded from tbs exemption given by the 59th faction of the 6th of, George IV:, whilst they are within the limits of that port. • (Signed) . " J. S. Corc ar. " Sergeant's-inn, July 5." "J. B. lEtossaione'r• Mr. Var,La NTI perfectly conc urred in the opinions give n b y the Attorner.General and Mr. Sergeant Bosampiet, a nd theref felt it his duty to inflict the penalty muter the 77 th section would "e been Act, that is, of double the legal fees which the p ilot wou been entitled to : he therefore convicted the Cap tain io the Pe; natty of 151. 9d., being double the amount of th e pilot'e feetr:s the same time deducting tOe. for the costs front the owners said, they would appeal from the decision , ore MEETINGS OF CREDITORS• LONDON DIARY, SATVRDAY, Anaust 16. (At the Court of Commissioners.) • J. Allkins, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, tailor ............ Baker and Abr,hall, Nicholas-lane, wine-merchants ........ . 10 W. Bell, I:neat-eh eef, Commercial-road, coal-merchant ..•• 11 G. J. Call, Bognor, banker ........... . ......... . ••• ....... i t J. Cooke, Wood-street, Cheapside, hosier .................. ... W. H. Cox, Cheltenham, silit-mereer ... . ........ .......... -- - -t, Tower-hill, merchant ........• 'Z. Hultbin, harine-court, • ---- 11 S. Lakeman, jun. Dartmouth, =hater . ....... . •"""... J. W. May, Great St: Helen's and Brighton, wine merchant 11 J. Pearsall, Kingatreet, Cheapaide, boarding-house keeper... A. Smith, Lime-street-equare , merchan t ...... ....... 11 R. T. Steventon, Fetter-lane and Caniden-town, baker ...... J. Till, Basinghall-street, woollen - drape r ..................... 11 M. Tolson, High Holborn, linen-draper ..... lt COUNTRY DIARY, Ant:. 26. H . J. Cullen, Liverpool—George, Liverpool a t 1 H. Emett, Manchester—Whoe's Hotel, Manchester ..... „., 10 M. Hinde, Rochdale—Wellington Hotel, Rochdale Hinde and Deane, Roclulale•—Wellington Hotel, Rochdale- 4 T. Hyde, Portwood—Star, 3lanithester J. Johnson, Congleton—Boll's Head, Congletou T. Peno, Brighton—New Inn, Brighton l. Ritiou, Caldewgate, Cailisle—King's Arms, Carlisle G. Tate,, New Shoreham—New Inn, Brighton • le W. Tatham, Nottingham—Flying Horse, Nottingham...... II! S. Wood, Mane : heater—White's lintel, Manchester 9 IHE MARKETS. LI V . EnpooL CORN-EXCHANGE.—Tussrav, MG. We had a good attendance of dealers and millers from c mll i` as well as t own ' t i -d ay , a nd C'onsiderahle business d o ne, et advance o f 3d. to 4d on Wh e a t, an d ' on O ats 6d. Flour W. 6k IC scarce was 2a., and Oatmeal Sai to 41. per sack higher. BarieY and. Malt a l so went up about 2a. r quarter, B ean s and P ea" SI. to 4 e . per quarter, and upo n e the whole, dui market we' lively, and higher prices expected. Many holders aske d more . GmsiderablO inquiry for Wheat in bond, but little busin ess don : : the holders aski n g higher prima. For Oats in bond Ss. is askva GRAIN. WHEAT, PER 101.11. s. d. to a. rt. English 8 9 9 6 Ditto, .New .. 9 6 9 9 Scotch S 0 Irish 7 0 9 3 Foreign, free Ditto, in bond 4 tt 0 Ditto, New 9 0 9 4 Canada, ftee 0 0 0 0 Ditto. New OATS, PER Mi. English 4 8' 5 0 Irish ....... . .... . Ditto,New 9 5 0 8111ILEV, PER olo.R. Ligury, rig tinca. d. s. di. to '' 0 Foreign 5 . 0 , , 5 • DEAN% rsit PA. • st 0 English '0 0 0 Irish ig 0 51 Plum, rci% Qi• 0 While ..... 0 r.' Ditto,,iie;7::. .... ... 65 30 0 1° • ° Ditto, in bond nova, MI OAIIIIIGI.. ".. 0 American 2O 0 0 Ditto, free . 2'3 :I L 0 Dantric lO 0 '" mersissii., pax Loso. ,„„ 6 Diglish 4O 0 tj 0 Irish • 9O 0 , 7 1 0 0 Malt, per qt 5O 1, Grinding Scotch Irish 5 3 5 /S 111TORTID INTO I .IvRATOOL FRS ,OS[ AUG. 15 to 21 isc;,vovi' 'Wig AT; QRS. DBANS, QRS. Coastwise 1,222 Irelarul Canada ... 2.76.1 rurnpe Coastwise .................. . Ireland .................. 146 Total Piling. QRS. Total fl y KS OATS, WM. Coastwise ..................... wersiest, wall& , reu Coastwise .............. 0 Ireland ..... ................. •••• ...... 'Loup, s Amipti. 2 ,0 American (U. S.) ••...•r•••"•• Ireland ......., !~73a DARLEV, QRS. Coastwise 267 telaild 907 MALT, faRA. Coa►twi►e STOCK 01 , 4011111GN GRAIN AND ),721► FLO UR IN 11 tivi ltrlol4 '1,1826, AIN Q M 47' 676 . xtio I Whedt 63.1.53 Qrs. BeanonsT 2 .... ...., Oats VI AID peas e ..... ~ Barley VW Rye. ........ .., 7 .XPOR' Oats bs,itt* r 7 0 Ortrrt COAL MA.RKET.— .AUG. s. d. a. d. Beaurnont—....... 27 0 Tantield Moor-- 31 3 Eighton M00r...—. V 6 "fownley ----- 29 9 Felling .Maln ..._ 26 0 30' 0 Heaton---,.._.—. 30 9 Wylam 26 6 Hebtairn Main— 30 0 WallsEndßewicke34 H o lpell• 27 6 W. r Brown 4— VI 9 Kill ng*orth 9.9 1 W E.Cramlingtont7 Liddell'rMain--.25 9 W. E. Hotspur —99 8 Ord's Redhugh 25 0 W. Nmnuarch 10 3 Pelaw 30 0 W. 1.1 Northumb. IS 9 Pri East Pertret V 6 Po e nt l op Windsor— 28 0 W. F. Rumietr h... s ... 39 0 Ship. ai Market, 91 4.--.4lhlps sold, MN 23. a it Si A. W. E. Riddell Il i 1 9 W. E. Hilda ro Lawmen Heaton, Trader.-- ; Walker 5ma11..., rany r „+";-, A eahatnnd Hatto r: Wald E n r Wall. Eno votio; ; W. E. Lam bi n n. • Ruoell's Walls Encl..— BIRTH. On the 20th inst., at h er f at h er ' s house , Ki ng 's-tory, I " II Aire. Major Charles Mere.drth of a daughter On the 22d inst. at Altlerthati3, Herta, by the Bee' tb Rob srb Anderaon, Captain IVlacdougall (Royal Navy), ,pf . micAoor,., of orEhielbrodh ::,Pchheia,„eonnhiy.enh.im:oßf a rnp iatk: Sheldon Tirnina, On the 20th inst., ta ED. '- portnou*stror e , in M on gue-s Ctiambre, in th e 81 s t y ear o f h e r age : only sister of t ht n Chsmbri• Printed and r b M YOUNG, at thTlivir 01111.*:i; 1 It, Strand